Recent explorations into the world of brainless animals have unveiled surprising capabilities that challenge our traditional views of cognition. Creatures like slime molds, jellyfish, and even plants ...

Being compared to a blob-like, single-celled organism in terms of decision-making prowess might sound unflattering at first, but bear with me. Slime molds, unassuming blob-like entities that have ...

Research on memristors has become popular due to their potential application in logic and memory devices. There is, however, no such thing as a standard memristor -- different designs can implement ...

What is slime mold and what should you do about it? originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the extraordinary cognitive abilities of single-celled organisms that navigate intricate labyrinths and engineer efficient networks without the need for a brain.